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The Islamic History of the Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Islamic History of the Lighthouse of Alexandria DORIS BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF The lighthouse of Alexandria, classified among the Pharos, Antike, Islam und Occident, published in 1909, seven architectural wonders of the ancient world, has is still valuable, although important Arabic accounts a long and turbulent Islamic history. Erected by Alex- published since then were unknown to him. It includes ander’s successor Ptolemy Philadelphus (286–246 BC) several reconstruction drawings of the lighthouse at and designed by the architect Sosastros of Cnidus, it various stages of its history with details of its interior continued to fulfill its function as a lighthouse until the composition (fig. 1). Thiersch’s documentation of the second quarter of the fourteenth century. It stood on Islamic period is based on notes and a bibliography the small island of Pharos opposite the eastern harbor provided by Max van Berchem. Two decades later, of Alexandria, where Qaytbay’s fort stands today. The Miguel Asín Palacios compiled Arabic accounts rele- Ptolemaians connected the island to the mainland vant to the lighthouse and, most important, discussed with landfill so that it formed a peninsula. Balawi’s description, which is the most detailed ever Whereas pre-Islamic literary descriptions of the light- written by an Arab medieval eyewitness. house are scarce, Muslim authors provide, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Muqarnas Online Brill

The Islamic History of the Lighthouse of Alexandria

Muqarnas Online , Volume 23 (1): 14 – Mar 22, 2006

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2211-8993
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Abstract

DORIS BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF The lighthouse of Alexandria, classified among the Pharos, Antike, Islam und Occident, published in 1909, seven architectural wonders of the ancient world, has is still valuable, although important Arabic accounts a long and turbulent Islamic history. Erected by Alex- published since then were unknown to him. It includes ander’s successor Ptolemy Philadelphus (286–246 BC) several reconstruction drawings of the lighthouse at and designed by the architect Sosastros of Cnidus, it various stages of its history with details of its interior continued to fulfill its function as a lighthouse until the composition (fig. 1). Thiersch’s documentation of the second quarter of the fourteenth century. It stood on Islamic period is based on notes and a bibliography the small island of Pharos opposite the eastern harbor provided by Max van Berchem. Two decades later, of Alexandria, where Qaytbay’s fort stands today. The Miguel Asín Palacios compiled Arabic accounts rele- Ptolemaians connected the island to the mainland vant to the lighthouse and, most important, discussed with landfill so that it formed a peninsula. Balawi’s description, which is the most detailed ever Whereas pre-Islamic literary descriptions of the light- written by an Arab medieval eyewitness. house are scarce, Muslim authors provide,

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Published: Mar 22, 2006

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